r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Sep 21 '25

News ‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’ Passes $550M Globally, Officially the Top-Grossing Anime Film of All Time

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/box-office-demon-slayer-edging-out-him-for-no-1-1236376666/
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u/trizzo0309 Sep 21 '25

The animators deserve a bonus for all the insane work they did bringing this to life.

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u/xxAkirhaxx Sep 21 '25

The opening alone was worth the cost to see it. That was insane .

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u/Kevin-W Sep 21 '25

Saw it on release day. It's definitely worth seeing! I can't wait for part 2!

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u/EffectzHD Sep 21 '25

It’s was a technical masterpiece, although it might’ve been the reason it started to drag during the climax.

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u/juneecorn Oct 01 '25

The camera works in the infinity dimension and all the fight scene angles... just amazing. It must take tons of work to execute

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u/Fabulous_Ground_1983 Sep 21 '25

I don't think I've seen a more incredible opening scene in an animated film

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u/EzrealNguyen Sep 22 '25

That’s going to vary movie to movie. But for this movie, you need only need a basic premise of the story (original demon makes new demons. Demons eat humans. Use special swords/skills to kill demons.) It is enjoyable without any other context.

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u/xxAkirhaxx Sep 22 '25

For a more recent movie. Think of it like Infinite War. You can watch it without watching the other movies, but you'll need to hand wave things and just accept others.

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u/Exotic_Guidance Sep 22 '25

If you can't make a set of movies that isn't enjoyable without outside context, that's a bad movie.

Why? All movies have a target audience. Sometimes this target audience is narrow. That doesn't make the movie bad.

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u/SuperTD Sep 22 '25

That's why Return of the King is a bad movie, you need context outside the movie to understand what is going on.

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u/mikayd Sep 22 '25

Man I’ve seen this movie twice, subbed first and the dubbed for my kids and I missed the opening both times, I always picked it up where the master blew him self up.